All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
A young patient in the Highlands was forced to wait 1,189 days - more than three years - before they started mental health treatment in the last year, it has been revealed amidst calls for new specialist beds for young people across the North.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a wide-ranging survey on health services across the Highlands and are encouraging the public to participate and “make your voice count.”
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
The public is being urged to back a campaign launched this week by the Highland Liberal Democrats to break up Highland Council - the largest local authority in Scotland.
The Scottish Government is being urged to “increase investment in mental health services” after new statistics show over 1500 patients were admitted via an Emergency Department across NHS Highland with a self-harm diagnosis in the last five years.
At a meeting with the Scottish Government’s Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP at Wick General Hospital, campaigners warned that mums-to-be in Caithness “need action, not warm words” concerning local maternity services.
New figures showed only 68.9% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in August 2025, which is the worst performance against the target for any August on record, while 14,904 people waited over 8 hours.
Speaking ahead of a visit to North East Fife, the constituency of former party leader Menzies Campbell, Ed Davey said:
Speaking ahead of his members’ business debate on childcare, Scottish Liberal Democrat West Scotland MSP Jamie Greene said that many parents feel “unfairly treated” because of the gaps in funded places under the SNP.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has today unveiled new research that shows that since 2021 there have been more than 4,400 self-harm incidents in Scottish prisons.
Speaking as the Conservative conference in Manchester gets underway, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene has challenged Russell Findlay to set out whether there are any of Nigel Farage’s policies which he would not allow the Conservative party to a
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that voting SNP is "bad for your health" as new figures showed that most health boards failed to meet their target for helping people to quit smoking.
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